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Dizzy Dean
Jay Hanna Dean
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 16, 1910 in Lucas, AR
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1930. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1930
Final Game: September 28, 1947
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1953 (209/264 ballots).
Died: July 17, 1974 in Reno, NV
Relatives: Brother of Paul Dean
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1930 20 STL NL 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 3 1 1 0 3 5 0 0 0 33 502 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 5.0 1.67
1932 22 STL NL 18 15 .545 3.30 46 33 10 16 4 2 286.0 280 122 105 14 102 191 5 2 2 1203 119 1.336 8.8 0.4 3.2 6.0 1.87 MVP-19
1933 23 STL NL 20 18 .526 3.04 48 34 11 26 3 4 293.0 279 113 99 11 64 199 5 0 2 1202 114 1.171 8.6 0.3 2.0 6.1 3.11 MVP-7
1934 24 STL NL 30 7 .811 2.66 50 33 14 24 7 7 311.2 288 110 92 14 75 195 6 0 2 1291 159 1.165 8.3 0.4 2.2 5.6 2.60 AS,MVP-1
1935 25 STL NL 28 12 .700 3.04 50 36 14 29 3 5 325.1 324 126 110 16 77 190 4 0 1 1362 135 1.233 9.0 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.47 AS,MVP-2
1936 26 STL NL 24 13 .649 3.17 51 34 17 28 2 11 315.0 310 128 111 21 53 195 3 0 4 1303 124 1.152 8.9 0.6 1.5 5.6 3.68 AS,MVP-2
1937 27 STL NL 13 10 .565 2.69 27 25 2 17 4 1 197.1 200 76 59 9 33 120 2 3 1 818 148 1.181 9.1 0.4 1.5 5.5 3.64 AS
1938 28 CHC NL 7 1 .875 1.81 13 10 2 3 1 0 74.2 63 20 15 2 8 22 1 0 0 288 211 0.951 7.6 0.2 1.0 2.7 2.75
1939 29 CHC NL 6 4 .600 3.36 19 13 5 7 2 0 96.1 98 40 36 4 17 27 1 0 0 403 118 1.194 9.2 0.4 1.6 2.5 1.59
1940 30 CHC NL 3 3 .500 5.17 10 9 1 3 0 0 54.0 68 35 31 4 20 18 0 0 0 247 73 1.630 11.3 0.7 3.3 3.0 0.90
1941 31 CHC NL 0 0 18.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 20 3.000 27.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1947 37 SLB AL 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
12 Seasons 150 83 .644 3.02 317 230 76 154 26 30 1967.1 1919 774 661 95 453 1163 27 5 12 8171 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57
162 Game Avg. 19 10 .644 3.02 39 29 9 19 3 4 245 239 96 82 12 56 145 3 1 1 1016 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57
STL (7 yrs) 134 75 .641 2.99 273 196 68 141 23 30 1737.1 1684 676 577 85 407 1095 25 5 12 7212 132 1.204 8.7 0.4 2.1 5.7 2.69
CHC (4 yrs) 16 8 .667 3.35 43 33 8 13 3 0 226.0 232 98 84 10 45 68 2 0 0 945 116 1.226 9.2 0.4 1.8 2.7 1.51
SLB (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00
NL (11 yrs) 150 83 .644 3.03 316 229 76 154 26 30 1963.1 1916 774 661 95 452 1163 27 5 12 8157 130 1.206 8.8 0.4 2.1 5.3 2.57
AL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 1.000 6.8 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1934 24 STL NL WS W DET 2 1 .667 1.73 3 3 0 2 1 0 26.0 20 6 5 2 5 0 17 1 0 0 103 0.962 6.9 0.7 1.7 5.9 3.40
1938 28 CHC NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 6.48 2 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 8 6 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 33 1.080 8.6 2.2 1.1 2.2 2.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 2 .500 2.88 5 4 1 2 1 0 34.1 28 12 11 4 6 0 19 1 0 0 136 0.990 7.3 1.0 1.6 5.0 3.17
2 WS 2 2 .500 2.88 5 4 1 2 1 0 34.1 28 12 11 4 6 0 19 1 0 0 136 0.990 7.3 1.0 1.6 5.0 3.17

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1930 20 STL NL 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 60 1 0 0 /1
1932 22 STL NL 47 105 97 10 25 5 0 2 12 0 0 10 .258 .258 .371 .629 65 36 0 8 1 MVP-19
1933 23 STL NL 51 111 105 8 19 2 2 1 12 1 3 14 .181 .204 .267 .470 31 28 0 0 3 1 MVP-7
1934 24 STL NL 51 126 118 15 29 3 1 2 9 1 1 15 .246 .252 .339 .591 53 40 5 0 7 1 AS,MVP-1
1935 25 STL NL 53 134 128 18 30 4 0 2 21 2 1 16 .234 .246 .313 .559 47 40 1 1 4 1 AS,MVP-2
1936 26 STL NL 51 124 121 7 27 6 1 0 15 0 0 27 .223 .223 .289 .512 37 35 3 0 3 1 AS,MVP-2
1937 27 STL NL 27 78 66 8 15 1 0 1 5 0 3 11 .227 .261 .288 .549 48 19 2 0 9 1 AS
1938 28 CHC NL 13 27 26 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .192 .192 .231 .423 14 6 1 0 1 1
1939 29 CHC NL 19 37 34 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 .147 .171 .176 .348 -7 6 0 0 2 1
1940 30 CHC NL 10 20 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 24 4 0 0 2 1
1941 31 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1947 37 SLB AL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 452 1 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 325 766 717 76 161 23 4 8 76 5 0 9 104 .225 .235 .301 .536 43 216 12 1 39 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 382 357 38 80 11 2 4 38 2 4 52 .225 .235 .301 .536 43 108 0 19
STL (7 yrs) 281 681 638 67 146 21 4 8 74 4 8 93 .229 .240 .312 .551 46 199 11 1 34
CHC (4 yrs) 43 84 78 9 14 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 11 .179 .190 .205 .395 7 16 1 0 5 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 452 1 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 324 765 716 76 160 23 4 8 76 5 0 9 104 .223 .234 .300 .534 42 215 12 1 39 0 0
AL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 452 1 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1934 24 STL NL WS DET W 4 12 12 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .417 .667 5 0 0 0 0 0
1938 28 CHC NL WS NYY L 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 15 15 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .467 .800 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 6 15 15 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .467 .800 7 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1930 STL NL 20 P 1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00 .960 1.10
1932 STL NL 22 P 46 58 9 46 3 7 .948 1.20 .957 1.21 MVP-19
1933 STL NL 23 P 48 49 9 35 5 1 .898 0.92 .967 1.28 MVP-7
1934 STL NL 24 P 50 66 18 46 2 1 .970 1.28 .959 1.12 AS,MVP-1
1935 STL NL 25 P 50 57 13 42 2 0 .965 1.10 .958 1.18 AS,MVP-2
1936 STL NL 26 P 51 55 10 44 1 3 .982 1.06 .949 1.16 AS,MVP-2
1937 STL NL 27 P 27 29 4 24 1 3 .966 1.04 .959 1.20 AS
1938 CHC NL 28 P 13 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.00 .962 1.13
1939 CHC NL 29 P 19 21 5 16 0 0 1.000 1.11 .957 1.09
1940 CHC NL 30 P 10 21 5 15 1 0 .952 2.00 .962 1.10
1941 CHC NL 31 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10
1947 SLB AL 37 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
12 Seasons P 317 374 76 283 15 15 .960 1.13 .958 1.18
12 Seasons TOT 317 374 76 283 15 15 .960 1.13 .918 1.18

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1945 BBWAA ( 6.9%)
1946 Final Ballot (17.1%)
1946 Nominating Vote (19.8%)
1947 BBWAA (54.7%)
1948 BBWAA (33.1%)
1949 BBWAA (57.5%)
1949 Run Off (43.3%)
1950 BBWAA (50.6%)
1951 BBWAA (64.2%)
1952 BBWAA (65.0%)
1953 BBWAA (79.2%)
Selected to HOF in 1953 by BBWAA

All-Star Games
1934 *
1935 *
1936 (P)
1937 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1934 NL MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1932 NL (19, 5%)
1933 NL (7, 28%)
1934 NL (1, 98%)
1935 NL (2, 82%)
1936 NL (2, 66%)
1 MVP
2.80 Career Shares (39th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 NL  2.657 (2nd)
1935 NL  3.043 (6th)
1936 NL  3.171 (4th)
1937 NL  2.691 (3rd)
Career  3.024 (174th)

Wins s c a p y
1932 NL  18 (4th)
1933 NL  20 (2nd)
1934 NL  30 (1st)
1935 NL  28 (1st)
1936 NL  24 (2nd)
Career  150 (238th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1934 NL  .811 (1st)
1935 NL  .700 (4th)
1936 NL  .649 (4th)
Career  .644 (31st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1933 NL  1.171 (7th)
1934 NL  1.165 (3rd)
1935 NL  1.233 (10th)
1936 NL  1.152 (2nd)
1937 NL  1.181 (5th)
Career  1.206 (141st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 NL  8.570 (10th)
1934 NL  8.317 (2nd)
1936 NL  8.857 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1933 NL  1.966 (7th)
1936 NL  1.514 (3rd)
1937 NL  1.505 (1st)
Career  2.072 (111th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 NL  6.011 (1st)
1933 NL  6.113 (1st)
1934 NL  5.631 (2nd)
1935 NL  5.256 (2nd)
1936 NL  5.571 (2nd)
1937 NL  5.473 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1932 NL  46 (2nd)
1933 NL  48 (1st)
1934 NL  50 (2nd)
1935 NL  50 (2nd)
1936 NL  51 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1933 NL  4 (5th)
1934 NL  7 (2nd)
1935 NL  5 (4th)
1936 NL  11 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1932 NL  286.0 (1st)
1933 NL  293.0 (2nd)
1934 NL  311.7 (3rd)
1935 NL  325.3 (1st)
1936 NL  315.0 (1st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1932 NL  191 (1st)
1933 NL  199 (1st)
1934 NL  195 (1st)
1935 NL  190 (1st)
1936 NL  195 (2nd)
1937 NL  120 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1932 NL  33 (2nd)
1933 NL  34 (4th)
1934 NL  33 (7th)
1935 NL  36 (1st)
1936 NL  34 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1932 NL  16 (8th)
1933 NL  26 (1st)
1934 NL  24 (2nd)
1935 NL  29 (1st)
1936 NL  28 (1st)
1937 NL  17 (8th)
Career  154 (217th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1932 NL  4 (1st)
1933 NL  3 (9th)
1934 NL  7 (1st)
1935 NL  3 (6th)
1936 NL  2 (10th)
1937 NL  4 (4th)
1939 NL  2 (8th)
Career  26 (161st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1933 NL  11 (9th)
1935 NL  16 (6th)
1936 NL  21 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1932 NL  102 (3rd)
1934 NL  75 (7th)
1935 NL  77 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1932 NL  280 (5th)
1933 NL  279 (2nd)
1934 NL  288 (5th)
1935 NL  324 (1st)
1936 NL  310 (2nd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 NL  1.873 (5th)
1933 NL  3.109 (2nd)
1934 NL  2.600 (3rd)
1935 NL  2.468 (5th)
1936 NL  3.679 (1st)
1937 NL  3.636 (1st)
Career  2.567 (70th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 NL  .404 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1932 NL  15 (6th)
1933 NL  18 (3rd)
1936 NL  13 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1932 NL  105 (6th)
1933 NL  99 (3rd)
1935 NL  110 (2nd)
1936 NL  111 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 NL  5 (10th)
1934 NL  6 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1932 NL  1203 (1st)
1933 NL  1202 (3rd)
1934 NL  1291 (2nd)
1935 NL  1362 (1st)
1936 NL  1303 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1932 NL  119 (10th)
1933 NL  114 (10th)
1934 NL  159 (3rd)
1935 NL  135 (3rd)
1936 NL  124 (6th)
1937 NL  148 (2nd)
Career  130 (38th)

Youngest s c a p y
1930 NL  born 1910-01-16 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 52 (23), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 137 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 112 (79), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 33 (116), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1930 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 16, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Curt Davis, Clyde Shoun, Tuck Stainback and $185,000.

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